You know you want it: The high-performance sports car, the designer handbag, the Rolex. But the prices! So-called counterfeiters feel your pain, and they're doing everything they can—including putting themselves at tremendous personal risk—to make such items truly affordable, to take luxury out of the soft, deeply moisturized hands of the privileged few and bring it to the masses. Most of these so-called knockoffs come from China.Radar's Guide to shopping for Counterfeits

English Heritage does grant very limited access to the stones themselves to limited numbers of visitors, by advance arrangement—long advance arrangement, in the early mornings, before the site opens, or in the evenings, after it closes.A slideshow of some snapshots follows.Stonehenge: The Inner Circle

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Typically, a search in the format of "time in [city] or [state] or [country]" returns the current time for the area you searched for at the top of the search results, for most major search engines.Got The Current Time? Your Search Engine Does!

In honor of the recent announcement that the Internet Archive is partnering with NASA to archive and manage all of their photographs and audiovisual materials, this blog entry is devoted to space science.Archival Space

Police in China’s capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user’s browser and walk, bike or drive across the screen warning them to stay away from illegal Internet content.China's New Cop Avatars

I am fairly frugal (though not always), but sometimes I take it too far: I have T-shirts with holes in them, I never buy new clothes, we’re shopping for a new couch because our current one has holes in it, and I ran my current pair of running shoes until the soles fell off.50 Tips for Frugal Living

In our digital age, it's becoming increasingly hard not to share your personal data, such as passwords, bank account numbers, credit card numbers, etc online because even if you prefer the two P's when performing transactions (Paper and Phone), most companies prefer doing everything online for financial reasons. Unfortunately, some companies do not put in place the necessary stringent policies and procedures needed for your personal data to be secure.13 ways to Protect Personal Data

Security specialists are warning that Sony's MicroVault USB, which is a biometric USB storage device, cloaks driver software in a Windows directory that could be used by malware to avoid detection from security applications.Sony blasted for helping hide malware on users' PCs

Most likely you use more than one computer in the course of a day—a work computer and a home computer, maybe even a laptop and a desktop. That means you've got at least two workspaces that can get horrendously out of sync if you don't keep them in check. The key to staying productive at all your computers is building a consistent workspace—that is, a computing environment that is the same (where it counts) everywhere you use a computer.Maintain a Consistent Workspace Across Multiple Computers

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air.How To Hide An Airplane Factory

Thanks to the avalanche of messages they receive every day, many professionals and office workers say they suffer from email overload. It doesn't have to be that way.It's Time to Stand Up to Your Email

Contains a listing of selected general encyclopedias available on the internet and selected online subject specific encyclopedias as well as selected subject and topic specific encyclopedia publications available in print, electronically or both.These are selected titles and these lists make no pretension of being comprehensive.General Internet and Print Resources: Encyclopedias

Monday, August 27, 2007

Behind every interview question there is a concern or another question. Your job is to process the question thinking about what the interviewer’s concern might be. In other words, why is the interviewer asking you this question?10 Killer Job Interview Questions and Answers

Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.— Mother Teresa to the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet, September 1979 Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith

Google is unveiling within Google Earth today a new service called Sky that will allow users to view the skies as seen from Earth. Like Google Earth, Sky will let users fly around and zoom in, exposing increasingly detailed imagery of some 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies. In Google Earth, a New Sky Service

Back in the day, when people noted that Diet Coke was 99% water, it was an insult. The point was that water was free, and Diet Coke was just free water plus a little bit of artificial this and that — so you would have to be a fool to pay so much for it.Diet Coke is 99% Water (And That Is Now a Good Thing)

There is disagreement over who was the inventor of the modern flush toilet, and flushing out the truth is not easy. Many give credit to THOMAS CRAPPER (1837-1910), an English sanitary engineer, for inventing the valve~and~siphon arangement that made our modern toilet possible.History of the Flush Toilet

When administrators and security professionals hear the word rootkit, most think first of a UNIX-based system. Unfortunately, this only leads to a false sense of security for Windows-based systems. The fact is that Windows rootkits do exist, and you need to be able to detect them.

Arriving in inboxes around the world now are the latest email phishing attacks, socially engineered once again to appear legitimate to try and capture users, experienced or not, off guard – how do you protect yourself?Watch out for the latest email phishing attacks

Saturday, August 18, 2007

What better way to spruce up a potentially boring subject than through film! The archive has several films that all find different ways – sometimes bizarre, sometimes clever but always entertaining – to attack the subject of cleanliness and personal hygiene.How to be Clean

Yesterday marked the 30th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, and while we don't normally commemorate the anniversary of someone's death…well, he's the king. If you want to remember him today from your desk, here's a little help courtesy of Ask 3D.The King: Dead and Well on Ask.com

Friday, August 17, 2007

Here are nine stressful and common habits that entrepreneurs and office workers should strive to eliminate. Focus on one or two at a time, just as you would with high-priority to-do items.The Not-To-Do List: Bad Habits to Stop Now

Out of the box, iTunes can't transfer the song files of individual playlists out of your library for playing anywhere other than your iPod. But an open source Windows utility, iTunes Export, can do just that.Free your music from iTunes with iTunes Export

The problem with being constantly bombarded by information, as we web workers are, is not so much that we can’t deal with it, or that it distracts us from our work, or that it shortens our attention spans or stresses us out.It’s that we have allowed that information to control our lives.21 Tips to Deal with Info Overload

Thursday, August 16, 2007

In the wake of nearly 200 passenger deaths in a Brazilian airliner accident, we take an exclusive look at 36 years’ worth of NTSB reports and seating charts. The best way to live through a disaster in the sky? Move to the back of the Airbus.Airplane Crash - Safest Seat

1) The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the Wax Tadpole" or "Female Horse Stuffed with Wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokoukole", translating into "Happiness in the Mouth." etc Top 13 Worst Slogan Translations Ever

If you take enough photos of people, eventually you’ll photograph someone who is either a little heavier or thinks that they are. This is especially true for those of us in the U.S., where obesity rates are sky high. The good news for you is that there are a few tricks you can add to your bag to help make your subject look thinner. You’ll get the photo, your subject will be happy with it, and everyone wins.9 Ways To Make Your Portrait Subjects Look Thinner

Every month Smashing Magazine takes a look around and selects some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. They read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll find useful references, tutorials, services, tools, techniques and articles they’ve found over the last 30 days - an overview of web-sites you shouldn’t have missed in July.Best of July 2007

Most of us are interested in improving something about ourselves: our productivity, our sanity, our organization, our happiness, our effectiveness, our impact on the environment, our minds, our dreams.And you can spend hundreds of dollars on books and thousands of hours on websites looking for your answers.Or you can look no further.100 Great Tips to Improve Your Life

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Most celebrities are not known for their intellectual prowess, but they have provided words that wowed us, from insight or sheer audacity. The USA TODAY People staff picks some stunning sound bites from stars over the past 25 years.Straight from the Celeb's Mouth

Monday, August 13, 2007

Our planet Earth is populated well enough with bizarre and astonishing creatures without the need for resorting to fiction. Some are rare — some are on the verge of extinction.Worlds Weirdest Animals and Creatures

Saturday, August 11, 2007

The internet revolution was supposed to be about universalizing computing. So why is it that despite the fact that you can do virtually anything from anywhere through the Net, most of us are still tethered to our computer because of the need for access to basic desktop software?No More Hard Drive! 100 Free Software Apps to Go Online-Only

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Australian Social Trends 2007 is the 14th edition of an annual series that presents information on contemporary social issues and areas of public policy concern. By drawing primarily on a wide range of ABS statistics, and statistics from other official sources, Australian Social Trends describes aspects of Australian society, and how these are changing over time.Australian Social Trends, 2007

Whether you’re sentenced to use Word all day by a dictatorial IT department, or it’s simply your word processor of choice, you can save time and have more options by mastering a few easy shortcuts.7 Tips to Get the Most Out of MS Word

Monday, August 06, 2007

An Indian thief forced to eat dozens of bananas as a laxative to yield a gold necklace he had swallowed produced the booty on Sunday - but only after he was fed chicken, rice and bread, police said.Indian police get to bottom of Necklace Case

Takeaway: If your computer powers up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have some troubleshooting ahead of you. Here's a look at the likely culprits and what you can do to fix the problem.10 things you can do when Windows XP won't boot

Simplify your life-and boost your health-with these basic foods that really work You can nibble on goji berries, whip up noni juice smoothies and stock your shelves with antioxidants. But if you're looking for what really works for optimal health and disease prevention, the best approach is to focus on foods that are rich in disease-fighting phytochemicals.6 Superfoods That Prevent Disease

Friday, August 03, 2007

Thursday, August 02, 2007

All four lanes of the Interstate 35W Mississippi River bridge near University Avenue have collapsed into the river and onto businesses underneath the highway at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday.According to reports from the scene, crews on the Mississippi River are no longer in rescue mode but recovery mode.Cars are still on the bridge.At Least 7 Dead In I-35W Bridge Collapse

By Scott AdamsLast night I met a script supervisor. She works with directors to make sure a movie has the right continuity, and one scene fits the next. It’s a fascinating job, hobnobbing with top directors, writers, and celebrities. No two assignments are the same. How do you get that kind of career? She earned a degree in anthropology and just “fell into it” through a series of events.Career Advice